Jill Craybas dominated Betina Jozami in straight sets Saturday to give the United States a 1-0 lead in its first-round Fed Cup match against Argentina. An admittedly nervous Craybas, the top-ranked player for the U.S. at No. 75 in the world, broke an early 2-2 deadlock in the first set to win 6-2, 6-1 in a match that lasted just over 90 minutes.

The Northeast's first winter storm mucked up the World Series and a presidential campaign stop with a messy brew of snow, rain, wind and temperatures cold enough to frost the pumpkins in time for Halloween.

Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.

Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.